Medill seeking new biz journalism professor

Here is the announcement: The Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University seeks an outstanding and experienced professional to teach business and economics journalism to graduate and undergraduate students. The successful candidate will have a broad base in all aspects of business reporting and depth in one or two specialty areas. An investigative track record […]

Worried about the quality of business journalism?

Renita Jablonski, a producer for American Public Media’s “Marketplace”; Indira Kannan, U.S. bureau chief for CNBC-TV18 and CNN-IBN in India; Richard Perez-Pena, a reporter with The New York Times; and David Barroux, U.S. bureau chief for French business daily Les Echos, spoke recently at the University of Pennsylvania about how business journalism is changing. Here […]

WSJ's Varadarajan officially joins NYU's Stern Biz School

New York University Stern School of Business announced Monday that former Wall Street Journal assistant managing editor Tunku Varadarajan has been appointed clinical professor of business, effective October 2007. Currently a contributing editor at the Financial Times, Varadarajan will teach the course, “Business and its Publics,” to undergraduates, leveraging his experience in editorial writing, reporting […]

Conference call to discuss Christmas retail coverage

The day after Thanksgiving, as any retail reporter will tell you, means skipping turkey sandwiches to wake up early and trek to the mall looking for customers and merchants willing to offer up a quote. It’s time to start planning your coverage. Love it or hate it, readers and viewers count on us to cover […]

More unemployment stories when paper leans opposite president

Newspapers with pro-Democratic endorsement pattern routinely give more coverage to high unemployment rates when the president is a Republican than when the president is Democratic, compared to newspapers with pro-Republican endorsement pattern, according to a new study by professors. Valentino Larcinese, a government professor at the London School of Economics, Riccardo Puglisi, a political science professor […]

The future of business journalism

Oklahoman business writer Steve Lackmeyer interviewed Oklahoma State University journalism professor Joey Senat about the future of business journalism in the wake of News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch‘s decision to acquire The Wall Street Journal and the impending launch of Fox Business Network. Here is an excerpt: Q: Has the disappearance of stock pages from newspaper […]

Biz newsletter publisher gives grant to IRE

UCG, which publishes newsletters about industries ranging from health care to funeral homes, has given a $10,000 grant to Investigative Reporters and Editors to help it revamp its web site. “UCG and IRE have the same values, that training is important and investigative journalism matters, so we’re delighted to support IRE with this donation,” said […]

Former BusinessWeek ME to teach in China

Three leading business journalists will join the faculty of China’s first global business journalism program at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. They include Robert J. Dowling, former managing editor of BusinessWeek International; Ann M. Morrison, former editor of c; and Nailene Chou Wiest, who was a Knight International Journalism Fellow in China and had worked for Reuters […]

Internships, scholarships in business journalism

The Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism is offering three innovative programs for universities designed to improve the quality of the nation’s business coverage. “There is business in every story,” said Andrew Leckey, director of the Reynolds Center. “Professors and students can be leaders in assuring it is explained well.” The second annual […]

Deloitte Touche to sponsor China business journalism program

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has become a sponsor of a business journalism program that launches on Sept. 17 at Tsinghua University. The goal of this initiative, run by the university and the Washington-based International Center for Journalists, is to create business journalists able to produce insightful, balanced coverage of China’s markets and the global economy. Deloitte Touche […]